I met Sarah at a writing group several years ago at a writing group. At the time, I was working on a memoir-type book about my experiences as a mother of a very young child. Although I left the writing group feeling less confident about my writing skills, I gained a couple of friends from the experience and Sarah is one of them. A very intelligent, soft-spoken woman, Sarah had recently published a fascinating book called Eve’s Bible: A Woman’s Guide to the Old Testament, and I was impressed by not only that achievement but by her thoughtful approach to her own writing and to critiquing the work of the rest of the group. I also loved the fact that as the group talked, Sarah would be sitting knitting some amazing piece of clothing with beautifully color-coordinated yarn. The woman is laden with talents.

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